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9-YEAR-OLD GIRLS DIE WHEN TRAPPED IN POOL; MOM HELD.


Byline: Lolita Harper Staff Writer

MORONGO VALLEY, Calif. - A study session between best friends on a warm summer night took a tragic turn Monday after two 9-year-old girls ditched their schoolbooks to play outside and drowned in an above-ground pool.

The mother of the girl at whose home the pool was located was later arrested and charged with being under the influence of drugs.

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, were found underwater, tangled in the cover that was meant to keep children out of the 13-foot, inflatable in·flat·a·ble  
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Designed to be filled with air or gas before use: an inflatable mattress.

n.
An object or device that can be filled with air or gas, especially:
a.
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Anita had visited Nichole's house to do some homework, mother Kathy Buzzard said Tuesday. Buzzard was reluctant to allow Anita go over because it was already 5 p.m. on a school night. Anita, the second youngest of five children, promised to be home early and Buzzard conceded.

Anita gave her mother a kiss goodbye and said, ``I love you.'' That was the last time Buzzard saw her daughter.

``Always remember to kiss and hug your kids,'' Buzzard said, choking Choking Definition

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Description

Choking is a medical emergency. When a person is choking, air cannot reach the lungs.
 back tears, ``because you never know when life is going to throw something like this at you.''
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